water filter spilling

[d1anonly22]

my water filter is flowing over the front in areas its not supposed to, i have no idea whats wrong. its a topfin 20 gallon filter and right now its on my 55 gallon tank. its not spilling on the floor or nothing but its not coming out where its supposed to.

 

[bs6749]

Either the water level in the tank is too high (shouldn't be over the lower plastic rim on the tank's interior), or the filter is defective. Something may also be plugging up the filtter causing it to spill water out onto the floor. Narrow it down and go from there.

 

[d1anonly22]

well its a solid acrylic truvu tank so theres no rim, but rhe waters about an inch, inch and a half from the top.

 

[bs6749]

Problem with the filter then is my guess.

 

[d1anonly22]

it started out fine. i had it for about a week and it just started doing it.

 

[jsoong]

Maybe the filter pads are plugged. Try running the filter empty & see if you get the same problem. Also look for any obvious obstructions in the water path.

BTW, you can clean out filter pads by rinsing in tank water. Do that once a week & you should be able to keep the pads for a long time.

 

[timwag2001]

my bet is a clogged filter.

 

[somecallmedaniel16]

I have the same filter, I believe, and whenever that happens to my filter it means I have to replace the filter cartridge and/or clean out the filter tubing, etc.

 

[zappamann]

Did you Find what was wrong?

My 10gallon filter just started doing the same thing. Its only a week old. I rinsed out the carbon filter in the tank and put it back in. It is still spilling over the wrong side. I did lift up the carbon filter from its housing a bit and that fixed the problem. Im just not sure if the filter is not operating correctly now..

 

[sumpnfishy]

It's by design. The filter pad is clogged up so the water goes out the overflow around the intake. All the different HOB's I have do this. Clean / replace the pad and it should work fine.